the fbi has been notified. >> hostesszÑ! ploimys got the worst possible news. >> the maker of twinkies and snack cakes announced today it's shutting down liquid dating assets and laying off 18,000 workers including 140 employees at it's bakery in oakland. >> started cutting and cutting. everybody made a decision to say that is enough. that is why we're here. if we're going lose, we're going to lose everybody, altogether. >> it is creating a mad rush from people looking to stock up on the sweets before they're all gone. >> we're live outside of the stores in santa clara. >> in santa clairea, nothing like an end of an era to cause a saefl snack cakes. this is for some it's an he megsal time. >> it was an maigz site to see people flocking to the store to get the taste prof ducts. >> are you cry something how do you feel? >> it's sad. it is. i've been coming here all my life. things change. >> a table of discounted hoho's was cleared and other shelves stripped bare. >> good stuff will be gone. workers have a lot of jobs lost, t